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2 25 Reasons to Not Skip the SPF
3 Summer Makeup Tips: How to Do More With Less
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4 Beauty Must-Reads From the BellaSugar Community
5 How to Treat Sunburn
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6 SPF For Your Skin Type: Oily Skin
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7 DIY Spa Treatment: Sunscreen
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8 2 Sunblocks That Wear Perfectly Under Makeup
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9 A Tattoo-Specific Sunscreen
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10 This Sunscreen Gets a Big Thumbs Up
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11 Found: A Sunscreen Stick That Won't Break You Out
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12 Beauty Blooper: The Sun of a Beach Ruined My Party
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13 4 Scary Sunburn Myths Revealed
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14 BellaSugar's Guide To Beach Beauty
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15 Why You Should Use a Cheap Sunscreen
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16 SPF For Your Skin Type: Combination Skin
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17 Is Sugar Your Skin's Enemy?
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18 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sunscreen in One Easy Place
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20 Tanning-Bed Industry: "Tanning Rules, Dermatologists Drool!"
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21 Vintage Beauty Ads That'll Surprise (or Perplex) You
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It's hard enough to remember to put on sunscreen when you leave the house, but now you also need to make sure your sunscreen is safe to use. The Environmental Working Group has just released its 2012 Sunscreen Guide, and in order to make the list, a sunscreen must be free of oxybenzone and retinyl palmitate, not have an SPF above 50, and must be broad spectrum (protects against both UVA and UVB Read more
Summer's just around the corner! Before you hit the beach with your kiddie clan, it's important that you know the ins and outs of sunscreen — from the oft-confusing terminology (even the FDA is having a tough time coming to an agreement on the language) to what brands to buy. Here, a guide to decoding the lingo and what bottles, tubes, and sprays are worthy of your beach bag. Sunscreen 101 Sun Read more
We all know tanning is bad, but that doesn't stop many Americans from soaking up the sun. A new survey from the Centers for Disease Control shows that a high number of people either visit a tanning salon regularly or have experienced a sunburn within the past year. The study found that one-third of white women between 18 and 21 years old said they tanned at least once in the last year, on an Read more
Supergoop Save Face Serum SPF 30+ ($32) is one of those quiet surprises of a product. The packaging is unprepossessing, and it doesn't have a big ad campaign or make a bunch of over-the-top claims to get you to buy it. Really, though, it doesn't have to, because this is the rare product that surpasses your expectations and then some. It smells like nothing —no perfume, no essential oils, Read more
UK researchers are working on an anti-UV pill that gets skin cells to make their own natural "sunscreen," preventing wide spectrum UV damage. The team leading the pill development expects to be testing it within the next two years and hopes to have it out on shelves within the next five. To find out how it works and what, exactly, is in it, just keep reading. Read more
Back in the late '80s, any grommet worth her weight on a surfboard knew about Zinka. Surfers used to apply the bold, bright zinc oxide sunscreen on the bridge of their noses, frequently creating neon-tinged designs on their skin with the stuff. It wasn't long before surf and skate wannabes took the trend far past the California coast, and for a while, high demand made a tube of Zinka hard to Read more
While sunscreen companies work on rolling out their new bottle labels — thanks to the new regulations put into place by the FDA — there are still some basic sunscreen terms that are confusing to many. For instance, what's the difference between UVA and UVB? And is water-resistant just as effective as waterproof? Let's get all of our "burning" sunscreen questions answered! SPF: SPF stands Read more
Take cover! A significant percentage of our exposure to sun occurs by age 18, and with Summer in full swing, beaches, pools, and other outdoor activities rule the day. While avoiding the sun completely just isn't an option for most families, Mr. Golden Sun's dangerous UV rays can be avoided with the right accessories. Infants' thin skin and underdeveloped melanin can cause their skin to burn Read more
A sure sign that Summer's in full swing is the smell of sunscreen in the air. Drop the tots off at camp and mama's likely to be bombarded with the wafts of the lotion carefully lathered on by mom. But if mama's in Maryland and her tot still comes home with a sunburn, don't be surprised! In what's being called the nation's strictest rules on the matter, the state is now regulating who may reapply Read more
